As of 2015, We estimate that relatively
large minimum wage increases(defined as those exceeding $1) reduced employment
among low-skilled population groups by just over 1 percentage point.
Thursday, April 19, 2018
The Short Term effects of Minimum Wage Increases
This will not come as a shock to anyone who has successfully completed Economics 101, but two professors from University of California San Diego felt it necessary to publish a paper that shows that labor has a demand curve as well. From their abstract:
Monday, April 16, 2018
What Do Universities Plan to Do About This Gender Disparity?
Progressives claim there are no inherent differences between genders. Ergo any male-female disparities must be explained by discrimination of some sort, which requires remediation. So my questions are this:
1. In light of the disparity in college degrees, what is it that colleges and universities are doing that discriminate in favor women over men?
2. Universities have been particularly active in doing things to narrow gender disparities. What do they plan to do about this one? Safe spaces for men? Extra points on exams for men? More tuition assistance for men and less for women? Inquiring minds want to know.
1. In light of the disparity in college degrees, what is it that colleges and universities are doing that discriminate in favor women over men?
2. Universities have been particularly active in doing things to narrow gender disparities. What do they plan to do about this one? Safe spaces for men? Extra points on exams for men? More tuition assistance for men and less for women? Inquiring minds want to know.
Tuesday, April 10, 2018
The Myth of Tax Cuts for the Rich
If you listen to Democrats in Congress and most of the media you'd probably think the recent tax legislation were "tax cuts of the rich". If you used facts instead of rhetoric, you'd know that isn't true.
The tax cuts will result in the highest earning Americans actually shouldering more of the income tax burden than in 2017. If your household earns $150,000 (which doesn't exactly make you "rich" in most major urban centers), you get the privilege of helping to pay 87% of the country's income taxes. Middle income households in contrast will pay 4%.
The tax cuts will result in the highest earning Americans actually shouldering more of the income tax burden than in 2017. If your household earns $150,000 (which doesn't exactly make you "rich" in most major urban centers), you get the privilege of helping to pay 87% of the country's income taxes. Middle income households in contrast will pay 4%.
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